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RADAR funding, valuation and investors
AI + RFID retail inventory platform giving stores item-level real-time stock visibility.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series B
$170M · May 2026
Latest known valuation
$1B
Series B · May 2026
Total disclosed equity funding
$170M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series b · New York, New York
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Gideon Strategic Partners , Nimble Partners
Overview
RADAR combines overhead RFID, software, and analytics so retailers get item-level real-time inventory visibility in physical stores. The New York company raised $170M Series B at $1B valuation in May 2026 led by Gideon Strategic Partners and Nimble Partners, with deployments in 1,400+ stores including American Eagle and Old Navy per Crunchbase News. Total funding approaches ~$310M.
Why RADAR is interesting
RADAR hit unicorn status with $170M Series B — applied AI with receipts in 1,400+ stores, not demo videos. Shrink and phantom inventory are P&L problems, not IT nice-to-haves.
Product & use cases
Overhead RFID plus AI analytics platform delivering item-level in-store inventory accuracy for retail chains.
- Shrink reduction via item-level inventory tracking
- Improved fill rates and backroom visibility
- Labor hours saved on manual inventory counts
Key facts
- Series B (May 2026): $170M at $1B valuation (Crunchbase News)
- 1,400+ store deployments; American Eagle, Old Navy customers
- NYC retail AI with item-level RFID visibility
- ~$310M total funding per Crunchbase
Funding history (newest first)
Series B
2026-05 $170M Valuation: $1B- Gideon Strategic Partners (lead)
- Nimble Partners (lead)
Competitive landscape
Edge: Deployed at scale (1,400+ stores) with major retail logos — measurable ops metrics vs. pilot-stage retail AI.
Retail inventory tech requires enterprise logos and store-count proof. RADAR wins on RFID accuracy at scale; capital-intensive deployments and long retail sales cycles are constraints.
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Avery Dennison incumbent
RFID solutions incumbent; RADAR software+analytics layer.
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Zebra Technologies incumbent
Retail scanning and RFID hardware incumbent.
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Trax adjacent
In-store vision analytics; different sensing approach.
Notable stories
- Unicorn round backed by store-count traction, not copilot demos.
- NYC retail tech back in growth-equity conversations with ops metrics.
Industries
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